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PUBLIC LAW 86-645-JULY 14, 1960

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(c) The conveyance authorized by this section shall be made without monetary consideration therefor but upon the conditions that the Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida will, without cost to the United States: (1) when called upon by the Chief of Engineers. United States Army, to do so, reconvey to the United States, free of any encumbrances placed thereon during ownership by said authority, those lands conveyed pursuant to this section that are required for the Cross Florida Bar^e Canal; (2) relocate any roads, bridges, or utility lines constructed on or across such lands after the conveyance under this section by the United States, if the relocation thereof is required by the Chief of Engineers; (3) maintain and preserve improvements previously constructed upon the land by the Federal Government in a manner that will not increase the cost of the barge canal project; (4) hold the United States safe and free from anv damages resulting "from the aforementioned construction; and (5) devote the proceeds from sales of any lands conveyed to it under this section solely for the acquisition, for transfer to the United States free of cost, of any other lands required for the barge canal project. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the rifi:ht of the Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida to sell any of the lands that, in the opinion of the United States Army district engineer at Jacksonville, Florida, will not be required for the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Any surveys or descriptions. required to permit the disposal of any such lands shall be paid for by the Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida if desired by said authority prior to the appropriation of funds therefor by the Federal Government. (e) Nothing in this section shall, be construed as a waiver-of the obligation of the Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida to (1) furnish, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal as authorized by the Act of July 23, 1942 (56 Stat. 703); (2) liold and save the United States free from any damages resulting from the construction of said barge canal; and (3) to take over, maintain and operate all highways, bridges, and roadways built in connection with the said barge canal project. SEC. 105. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and di- stuiyf""'' ^'^"' rected to cause an immediate study to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of the project for improvement of the Missouri Eiver between Sioux City, Iowa, and the mouth, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, to determine ^^ ^'^*" ^°' if modification is warranted to provide for a lake in the abandoned river channel of the Missouri River betAveen river miles 710 and 715 for recreational purposes, by means of: (a) Construction of a levee extending along the left bank of the new channel to be constructed in the Middle Decatur Bend area of the Missouri River; and (b) construction of hydraulic-fill closures at both ends of the old channel, and such modification is hereby authorized as determined to be justified by the Secretary of the Army with the approval of the President, unless within the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the report is submitted to it such report is disapproved by Congress. SEC. 106. The Corps of Engineers is authorized and directed to west Virginia. accept as a project feature the cost of necessary improvement of that section of West Virginia State Secondary Route 40/5 approximately eighty-five one-hundredths mile in length, from its junction \yith State Route 40 to its terminus near the Hildebrand lock and dam site on the Monongahela River in order to provide access thereto. This authority is provided with the understanding that this method

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